Management Team:

Jamie Hutson, President & Founder

Jamie is a 2005 graduate from Skidmore College. As Co-Captain of their conference champion lacrosse team and member of the Skidmore-Saratoga Entrepreneurial Partnership, Jamie paired leadership on the athletic field with leadership in the academic arena. After a double major in Business and Government, Jamie took several classes in web development and set out to build a guide to local restaurants and nightlife.

Eighteen months after launching TheSaratogaLife.com, Jamie was voted onto the Saratoga Springs Downtown Business Association Board of Directors - at the age of 23. From there he led the growth and development of 9 additional websites operating under “The Cityname Life” moniker, leading the product development, sales management and customer support.

While not working, you could find Jamie hiking in the Adirondacks, running or possibly on the internet somewhere. You can follow Jamie on Twitter @jehutson.

George Ehinger, Managing Director

George Ehinger has a 20 year track record of implementing innovative products, strategies and processes that fuel explosive revenue growth across a variety of industries including, Magazine Publishing, Cable TV, Internet media, and Telecommunications.

As a Sr. Vice President, George led the revenue generation team at the Paul Allen owned Cable Network TechTV (formerly ZDTV)– the first truly integrated television/web media company. George was a member of the executive team that successfully sold TechTV to Comcast for $300M in 2004.

George has also held several leadership postions at Fortune 1000 companies including Executive Director, Ziff Davis & VP and Group Publisher Scholastic Inc. His work with start up companies started with Revision3 where he acted as Chief Revenue Officer building the plan that led to their Series A investment round.

Advisors

Doug Cummins

Doug has had broad experience in “C” level corporate management, having been President of four companies — ranging in size from $20 to $900 million — in three different industries. He has also been a member of the Boards of 16 companies, including 5 publicly held companies and 4 family businesses. He came up through the business ranks as an Advertising/Marketing/Sales Executive after receiving an MBA from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University.

Jeff DeWeese

Jeff DeWeese is an entrepreneur in the energy, technology and cleantech industries. He is currently president and co-founder of BioSyne Energy, Inc., a company formed to provide technology transfer services to South America for cleantech, including biomass gasification equipment. Previously, he was co-founder and president of NextGen Fuel, Inc., a technology company developing new processes for biofuel processing. Prior to this, in the mid-90’s Jeff started Enermetrix, a newly developed web-based platform for transacting electricity and natural gas purchases.

Jeff is currently the chair for the Energy Efficiency and Resources committee for the Sustainable Saratoga Task Force. As a community and business leader, Jeff sits on several educational and small business boards in the area. He has an electrical engineering degree from Clarkson University with concentration in power studies and an MBA from Western New England College. Jeff lives in Saratoga Springs with his wife and three children.

Joseph P. Richardson

Joseph P. Richardson is an Operating Director at DeltaPoint Capital Management, LLC, a private equity fund established for change of control transactions. He retired from Berkshire Bank on September 30, 2009 as the New York Regional Executive . With degrees from St. Lawrence University and the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Rutgers, Joe has led a successful life in banking including being Senior Vice President at the State Bank of Albany (now Bank of America) and Sr. VP of Commercial Banking at Charter One/RBS Citizens Bank. Through his career, Joe has been awarded the Sam Walton Business Leadership Award; he is a member of the Tech Valley Angel Network and was recognized in 2009 by the Albany TIMES UNION as “A Dozen Who Make a Difference in the Capital Region.

Joe is married to Joan Langlois Richardson; has four children and ten grand children. When not volunteering, you will find Joe hiking, canoeing, biking or perhaps running a marathon.